Category: Local and national

Solidarity Protest Against Anti-Black Racism and Violence at Dam Square By CHARLEY ROUSSET | June 4, 2020 All photos were taken by Charley Rousset on the 1st of June 2020 at Dam Square. Cover photo: Protesters standing in front of the National Monument; a sign refers to the death of George Floyd. The protest on […]

How Keystone XL uses the lack of media attention for new pipeline By ANNARITA MARINARO | May 17, 2020 Cover photo by Mike Benna / Unsplash The building of the KeyStone Xl pipeline, a similar pipeline to the one pictured here, is profiting from the current pandemic. As COVID-19 tops the global media’s agenda, some companies are […]

Koningsdag this year, Holland’s most celebrated birthday in times of quarantine By PIERRE DU PASQUIER | April 29, 2020 Cover photo Kira Guehring / The Amsterdammer King’s Day was celebrated in a new way in 2020. Photo taken in Amsterdam on April 27, 2019. Koningsdag (translated to King’s Day) is a popular Dutch tradition filled with joyous […]

Launch of the ‘Amsterdam City Doughnut’ Establishing the Sweet Spot of Society By JOSEPHINE SYLVESTRE | April 20th, 2020 Amsterdam canals on a summer day. Elisa Morand / The Amsterdammer. On April 7, 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the Municipal Executive of Amsterdam decided to adopt British economist Kate Raworth’s Doughnut economic […]

How Covid-19 Raises the Discussion on Veganism By ANNARITA MARINARO| April 16, 2020 Cover Photo by Ben Cohen On March 21, 2020, amidst the COVID-19 crisis, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the animal rights organisation, posted a picture on their social media claiming that, “…COVID-19 would not exist in a vegan world.” […]

Collecting Money for a good cause – Off-Screen´s Charity Gala By ANNARITA MARINARO | March 17, 2020 Cover photo by Julia Dahmen // The Amsterdammer On Wednesday, March 11, student association Off-Screen hosted their second charity gala, organized by their very own Acquisition Committee. The event was dedicated to Oasebos, an organization that works for the […]